4/20/2011· Premises Liability
By: Norman Bates
Challenges to the admissibility of expert testimony have increased substantially in the past decade.
4/20/2011· Premises Liability
By: Norman Bates
Challenges to the admissibility of expert testimony have increased substantially in the past decade.
4/18/2011· Documentation Examination & Analysis
Can Forensic Experts Overcome Their Biases?
By: Mike Wakshull, MS, CQE, PMP, CISA
None of us wants to feel that our opinions are tainted by bias. The ability to recognize when bias is an influence in an expert's opinion and the skill of an expert to overcome his or her biases is integral to an expert's credibility.
4/14/2011· Toxicology
Book Review - Fundamentals Of Analytical Toxicology
By: John Budny
The book consists of 505 pages of text, which is divided among 17 chapters and an index. There are also 15 pages of important introductory material covering such topics as Preface; Health and Safety; Nomenclature, Symbols, and Conventions; Amount Concentration and Mass Concentration; Acknowledgements; and List of Abbreviations.
4/14/2011· Jails - Prisons - Correctional Facilities
Suicides In A State Correctional System, 1992 - 2002: A Review
The authors reviewed all suicides between 1992 and 2002 in a statewide correctional system. Thirty-seven inmates committed suicide in various prisons during this period.
4/11/2011· Psychology
Independent Educational Evaluations Under IDEA '97: It's A Testy Matter
By: Steven Imber
An independent educational evaluation (IEE) provides parents with an opportunity to obtain alternative sources of information concerning the present levels of performance of their children.
4/8/2011· Elevators - Escalator - Automatic Doors
Choosing An Elevator Expert Witness
By: Ronald Creak
When choosing an expert witness, most people will agree it is vitally important to select the right one from the outset.
4/8/2011· Computer Forensics
CSI Files #17 - Real Cases From Burgess Forensics – The Case Of The Unappreciated Underling
By: Steve G. Burgess
It was a cold and rainy San Francisco afternoon. I sat sweating in the conference room of a gritty skyscraper downtown.
4/1/2011· Failure Analysis
Failure Analysis of a "Exploding" Beer Bottle: Product Defect, Product Liability
By: Dr. Thomas Read
A glass failure expert witness performs a root cause failure analysis on an exploding beer bottle. The object of this root cause failure analysis is to determine the cause of the bottle failure.
3/25/2011· Premises Liability
Premises Liability & Negligent Security
By: James F. Pastor
Premises Security Liability is a broad way to describe various legal theories related to the intersection of criminal conduct and tort liability.
3/17/2011· Economics
Pseudo - Economists - The New Junk Scientists
By: Stan V. Smith
The increased use of economic experts in commercial damage cases, as well as in personal injury and wrongful death cases, has resulted in the emergence of a group of experts who offer economic services but are unqualified and ill-trained in economics.